Alun Edwards Email & Phone Number

Oxford, Gb

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Responsible for providing Marketing, Digital and Opex Procurement functional leadership to 6 Business Units across EMEA.- Covering over $1.5BN of annual marketing investments across 129 countries leading a team of 28 people with exposure to both Global and Business Unit Leadership Teams.- Over $150MM of re-investable savings delivered to date.- Global Media Chassis Project - team member representing EMEA and Procurement to define TCCC Media framework and critically Agency management.- Co-led the design and implementation of the 'Marketing and Agency Platform (MAP)' across EMEA. Digitizing the Agency Marketing Framework that will drive data triangulation across Procurement, Finance and Marketing.- Marketing Efficiency & Effectiveness transformational initiative Procurement Core Team. Co-lead the procurement Experiential, Shopper & Promotions workstream. Improving our processes, eliminating duplication and optimizing spend to generate significant re- investable savings.- Develop, lead and support execution of strategic procurement programmes for Marketing & Opex e.g. Collaborative Procurement Model (CPM) across Agency management, Ad Production, Digital, Market Research, Travel, Facilities & Professional Services.- Built capability, synergy and sustainable best practices to deliver savings across Marketing and Opex (Category Management) Ensured Multifunctional Collaboration across 6 Business Units and 3 Regions - operating as a true networked function.- Strong people leadership, involving coaching, mentoring, training & development and organisational design.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Responsibility for Europe, Eurasia, Middle-East and Africa Sales & Marketing Equipment Procurement (Global responsibility for 'Equipment Connectivity')- Led the development and execution of Cooler (GCSI), Fountain (GFSI), Hot Brew (GHBSI) and Vending (GVSI) procurement programs, focused on driving continuous improvement, innovation and collaboration to drive shared value.- This included building and improving supplier relationships and facilitating cross-bottler management initiatives targeting both financial and non-financial drivers of value.- Led and implemented the Global Connected Cooler Initiative - enabling all 15MM of the KO Coolers to be linked remotely (providing Sales Performance, Technical Diagnostics, Asset Tracking and Consumer Engagement).- $32MM savings delivered in 2017.- Built very strong collaborative relationships across the Bottler, System and OEM Network.

Uxbridge, West London, Gb

Co-led a large scale transformational cross-functional logistics business initiative across Wholesale, Horeca and Retail Channels in The United Kingdom.- Operated under a non-disclosure agreement.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Led and developed the planning and delivery of Coca-Cola’s Off-Park Venue Operations Team and led the whole Chilled Merchandise and Equipment Strategy for the London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games.- Recruited and trained the Venue Management Team and the 500 strong Games time activation team. - Led a team that delivered over 11 million soft drinks to spectators, caterers, athletes and media across all Off-Park sports venues, training venues and Temporary Olympic Customers accounting for 73% of all of the Olympic sports.- Full P&L responsibility and delivered the customer pricing and terms negotiation as well as fully utilising Shopper Marketing and Revenue Growth Management skills.- Recognised as a high performing team that delivered the most successful Venue Operations Olympic activation ever. - The Chilled Merchandise and Equipment Strategy involved running the RFP, design, negotiation, development and commercialisation of all aspects from concept through to final re-deployment post Olympics with a budget in excess of £5m.- Global Awards and recognition received by pioneering the first global commercially viable cash-less vending solution leaving a true ‘post Games’ legacy.- Planned and implemented the logistics of making sure Coca-Cola’s products were showcased and available chilled 100% of the time.

Uxbridge, West London, Gb

Responsible for the commercial and strategic development of the Greggs Plc and Select Service Partner UK Ltd (SSP) accounts. - Full P&L account responsibility for Greggs Plc and Select Service Partner UK Ltd (SSP) who operate and run over 2,500 outlets across the UK.- Solely responsible and accountable for all CCE product activity, listings, forecasting, contact strategy, activation volume and profitability liaising with customers from store to Board level. - Largest Foodservice volume portfolio responsible for delivering multi-million cases per year across Retail, Licensed, Wholesale and Home Channels.- Successfully re-negotiated both account’s trading terms and agreements.- Joint business plans created and delivered for each account to ensure year on year growth for the first time in five years.

Uxbridge, West London, Gb

Responsible for the commercial, innovation, implementation and strategic development of the chilled equipment agenda. - Developed the National Account and channel chilled strategy.- Equipment forecasting and budgetary responsibility across CCE GB. - Developed and designed the Leda 190 Open Fronted Cooler incorporating the latest CRS technology. - Managed the Energy Management System (EMS) trial, rollout and implementation.- Worked closely with TCCC, CCE Europe, OEM’s and CCGB to develop the new ‘A’ Spec testing protocol and forward strategy. - Evaluated and commercialised new types of equipment to assess suitability for the GB market – Retro Cooler, Slim Cooler and Easyreach Express.- Represented CCE GB at numerous internal and external equipment related meetings such as: Global Equipment Platform Meetings, European Equipment Services Meetings, Trade Shows and regular OEM contact.

Uxbridge, West London, Gb

Uxbridge, West London, Gb

Uxbridge, West London, Gb

Uxbridge, West London, Gb

London, London, Gb

Responsible for the organisation of the busy Oxford Rail branch. - Covering every day issues of store management e.g. recruiting, payroll, stock levels & ordering, customer grievances and managing 30 staff. - Full training included recruitment courses, HR procedures, cash handling, banking, staff training, purchase ledger, wages.

Bsc (Hons), Business Administration, Management And Operations

4 X A'Levels - Biology, Chemistry, Physics & General Studies. 1 X As'Level - Statistics.

10 X Gcse'S - Incl Maths & English